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Does regional disadvantage affect health-related sport and physical activity level? A multi-level analysis of individual behaviour

dc.contributor.authorWicker, Pamelaes_ES
dc.contributor.authorDownward, Paules_ES
dc.contributor.authorLera López, Fernando
dc.contributor.departmentEconomíaes_ES
dc.contributor.departmentEkonomiaeu
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-14T10:56:03Z
dc.date.available2020-10-14T10:56:03Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the role of regional government quality in health-related participation in sport and physical activity among adults (18–64 years) in 28 European countries. The importance of the analysis rests in the relative autonomy that regional and local governments have over policy decisions connected with sport and physical activity. While existing studies have focussed on economic and infrastructural investment and expenditure, this research investigates the quality of regional governments across 208 regions within 28 European countries. The individual-level data stem from the 2013 Eurobarometer 80.2 (n = 18,675) and were combined with regional-level data from Eurostat. An individual's level of participation in sport and physical activity was measured by three variables reflecting whether an individual's activity level is below, meets, or exceeds the recommendations of the World Health Organization. The results of multi-level analyses reveal that regional government quality has a significant and positive association with individual participation in sport and physical activity at a level meeting or exceeding the guidelines. The impact is much larger than that of regional gross domestic product per capita, indicating that regional disadvantage in terms of political quality is more relevant than being disadvantaged in terms of economic wealth.en
dc.format.extent25 p.
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dc.identifier.doi10.1080/17461391.2017.1376119
dc.identifier.issn1536-7290
dc.identifier.urihttps://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/38390
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.ispartofEuropean Journal of Sport Science, 2017, 17(10), 1350-1359en
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2017.1376119
dc.rights© 2017 European College of Sport Scienceen
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dc.subjectHealthen
dc.subjectModellingen
dc.subjectPolicyen
dc.subjectQuantitative studyen
dc.titleDoes regional disadvantage affect health-related sport and physical activity level? A multi-level analysis of individual behaviouren
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